Improvement in boxes for dried fruit



DLSJ NEDEKER. Box for Dried Fruit.

Patented Oct. 8, 1878.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

DAVID S'NEDEKER, OF JERSEY (/ITY, NEV JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOXES FOR DRIED FRUIT.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 208.698, dated OctoberR, 15 78 li ation filed May 22, 187s.

the box Without the use of a picker, or with-' out smearing the fingersby immediate contact with the said contents.

The invention comprises a box of novel construction, whereby provisionis made for the ready removal of the sides as well as the cover of thebox, in order to expose the contents to the most complete and easyaccess.

Figure l is a vertical sectional view of a box made according to myinvention, the said box being shown as closed. Fig. 2 is a plan view,representing one portion of said box when the same is opened to affordaccess to the contents.

A are the sides of the box, said sides being 111016 of wood or othersuitable material, and the shape of the box being preferablyrectangular. B is the bottom, not directly attached to the adjacentedges a of the sides, but having glued, cemented, or otherwise attachedupon its upper surface a sheet, C, of paper or other like flexiblematerial. The corners of this sheet 0 are out away-as, for example, asshown at b-in order to form leaves D, which may be bent upward into aposition re or less vertical to the central portion of n esheet, whichis flat upon and glued or o herwise attached to the bottom B, and be enbent over and outward, as herein presly explained.

bl is the cover, of the usual slip-cover n and make.

In putting the parts of the box together the bottom B is placed withinthe sides A by being pushed in from the top, thereby bringing theinnermost portions of the leaves D flat against the inner surfaces ofthe sides A, with the outer portions of said leaves projecting above theupper edges of the sides. Thejustmentioned outer portions of the leavesD are then folded outward and over the upper edges of the sides, and thecover E is then slipped onto its place, all as shown in Fig. 1. Theoutermost portions of the leaves Dbeing thus firmly clamped between thesides of the box and the flange c of the cover, the bottom B, togetherwith the contents of the box, are securely suspended within the saidsides, the retention of the bottom B in place being, in practice, to agreater or less degree assisted by the frictional contact of the edgesof the bottom with the contiguous inner surface of the sides A.

Vhen it is desired to have access to or to remove the contents of thebox, the cover is taken off and the bottom is pushed upward, therebycausing the detachment of the sides, so that the contents of the box arebest exposed upon the upper surface of the bottom B, and simplysurrounded by the outwardlyturned leaves I), all as indicated in Fig. 2.

What I claim as my invention is- The combination of the detachablebottom B, the sheet 0, of paper or other flexible material, attached tothe bottom B, and having the leaves D, the sides A, and slip-cover E,the whole being constructed and arranged to clamp the outer portion ofthe leaves D between the flange of the cover E and the sides A, allsubstantially as herein set forth, for the purpose specified.

l). SNEDEKER.

Witnesses:

ll. WELLs, Jr., HENRY EICHLING.

